Richard Hamilton Signature Selection

Our Tempranillo vines are grown in a sand and black loam hill just to the south of the McLaren Vale township. Fruit was picked on 27 Feb 2025 towards the end of a very early and compact vintage. On arrival at the winery, some juice was run off before destemming to better promote the texture of the wine with the must then yeasted in oak vats. We fermented the wine relatively cooly to promote freshness and elegance. The wine was pressed and spent a short time in older French oak hogsheads after malo-lactic fermentation. Our aim was to produce a contemporary, medium bodied style of wine where fruit played the essential role over oak influence. The wine was bottled in late July. Tempranillo, Spain’s most widely planted red variety, thrives in McLaren Vale’s Mediterranean climate, where warm days are tempered by cool coastal breezes. Sombra’ — Spanish for shadow — is named after Turraparri Creek (Aboriginal Kauna language), which runs through the vineyard block.